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    ZIZIPHUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ziziphus; Ziziphus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Ziziphus" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Ziziphus"):

    Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; jujube; jujube bush; Ziziphus jujuba (spiny tree having dark red edible fruits)

    lotus tree; Ziziphus lotus (shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region)

    Holonyms ("Ziziphus" is a member of...):

    buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)

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